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Posted by cboyce on January 26, 2015 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

Did you know you can visit the Merwin & Wakeley Galleries in the Ames Art Building to tour the 28th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition?

The exhibit will have works from all areas of the studio art program: painting, drawing, printmaking, graphic design, photography, ceramics, sculpture and glass. Awards that will be presented include:

The Mayo Alumni Purchase Award, sponsored by Michael Mayo ’02
The Sipich Alumni Purchase Award, sponsored by Amber Sipich ’12
The National Hall Residence Honorary (NRHH) Purchase Award
President’s Award, chosen by IWU President Richard F. Wilson
Director’s Award, chosen by School of Art Director Kevin Strandberg
The Memorial Center Purchase Prize

The student artwork will be featured through Feb. 5. Gallery hours are 12-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday evening and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information about January’s exhibitions, contact Carmen Lozar, gallery director, at 309-556-3391.

If you can’t make it to the juried exhibits, you can always take a slow walk through Ames (especially the 2nd floor) and check out some of the student art on display. Each year the library purchases a piece of student art, to be displayed permanently in the library. The most current piece is behind the Help@Ames desk on the entry level.

While you’re in Ames checking out our art collection, take a look at what else is going on this week.

Thursday, 7pm, Beckman Auditorium – “Kolya” (1996, Czech Republic), presented by Associate Professor of Political Science Kathleen Montgomery.